S.J.R. 201

This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 3:23 PM by jeyring. --> 1

JOINT RULES RESOLUTION - APPROPRIATIONS
2 SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
3 2010 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Margaret Dayton
6 House Sponsor: Ben C. Ferry
7
8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This rules resolution modifies the Legislative Rules to change the structure of the
11 Legislature's Appropriations Subcommittees.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This resolution:
14 . changes the number of the Legislature's appropriations subcommittees from 10 to
15 eight; and
16 . changes the names and jurisdictions of the Legislature's appropriations
17 subcommittees.
18 Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Legislative Rules Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 JR3-2-302
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24 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. JR3-2-302 is amended to read:
26 JR3-2-302. Appropriation Subcommittees -- Created -- Membership -- Quorum
27 and Voting Requirements.

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House Floor Amendments 11-17-2010 je/enw 28

(1) The members of the Joint Appropriations Committee shall be divided into the
29 following subcommittees:
30 (a) [Capital Facilities and Government Operations] Infrastructure and General
31 Government;
32 [(b) Commerce and Workforce Services;]
33 [(c)] (b) Business, Economic Development, and [Revenue] Labor;
34 [(d)] (c) Executive Offices and Criminal Justice;
35 [(e) Health and Human] (d) Social Services;
36 [(f)] (e) Higher Education;
37 [(g)] (f) Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality;
38 [(h)] (g) Public Education; and
39 [(i)] (h) Retirement and Independent Entities[; and].
40 [(j) Transportation, Environmental Quality, National Guard, and Veterans' Affairs.]
41 (2) H. (a) .H Subject to Subsection (3), the President of the Senate and Speaker
41a of the House
42 shall appoint their respective members to each subcommittee.
42a H. (b) (i) The President shall designate one senator in each subcommittee as the senate
42b chair.
42c (ii) The Speaker of the House shall designate one representative in each subcommittee
42d as the house chair and one representative in each subcommittee as the house vice chair. .H
43 (3) The Retirement and Independent Entities Subcommittee shall have the same
44 members as the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee created in Section 63E-1-201 .
45 (4) (a) A majority of any appropriations subcommittee is a quorum for the transaction
46 of business.
47 (b) In determining a subcommittee quorum, a majority is at least 50% in one house and
48 more than 50% in the other.
49 (5) (a) In all decisions of the subcommittees, a majority vote prevails.
50 (b) A majority vote is at least 50% of the members of one house and more than 50% in
51 the other house in attendance.

Legislative Review Note
as of 11-17-10 8:57 AM

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